Career

Studied law and political philosophy in Tehran, Hamburg and Barcelona. first state examination in 2010, second in 2017. Legal clerkship with stations at the Federal Constitutional Court (department of the former President Prof. Dr. A. Voßkuhle). 2011/14 research assistant in Hamburg (chair of Prof. Dr. D. Felix), visiting scholar in Boston. 2016 PhD with Prof. Dr. A. Hatje, nominated for the German Study Award, lecturer at the University of Hamburg. 

2017 Joined the firm.

Practice

Constitutional law, European and international law, foreign trade law.

Member and European representative of the Constitutional Law Committee of the German Bar Association (DAV).
Member and representative of the Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe (CCBE) in the “Expert Group against Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP)" of the European Commission.
Member of the Commission on Constitutional Law of the German Women Lawyers' Association (djb).
Member of the German Section of the Fédération Internationale pour le Droit Européen (FIDE).

Lecturer at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg (“General Theory of State Constitutional Law”).

Process representation of companies, the public sector as well as universities before the Federal Constitutional Court and state constitutional courts, including. Representation of the Federal Government in constitutional complaint proceedings on privacy data retention; representation of German and European energy companies on expropriation, compensation and state liability issues; representation of state parliaments, parliamentary groups and members of parliament in organ dispute proceedings.

Litigation representation before the courts of the European Union, inter alia representation of German and European companies in actions for annulment and with a view to infringement and preliminary ruling proceedings;

Litigation representation before the Administrative courts including the Federal Administrative Court.

Legislative Practice, including advising on the constitutionality and Union legality of draft legislation and on the legislative implementation of constitutional and Union court decisions.

Publications

Publications on European and constitutional law as well as on legal policy issues in the F.A.Z. and SZ, among others.

Co‑​editor Johann/​Sangi, Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG), commentary, Nomos 2023; co‑​author, inter alia, in: Säcker/​Karpenstein/​Ludwigs (eds.), Münchener Kommentar zum Wettbewerbsrecht: Band 5: Beihilfenrecht. 4. Aufl., Beck 2022, Finanzielle Transfers und Transaktionen, Exportbeihilfen; in: Kübek/​Tams/​Terhechte (eds.), Handels- und Zusammenarbeitsabkommen EU/​VK, Nomos 2022, Inländerbehandlung und Marktzugang/​Investitionskontrolle; in: Hamm (ed.): Beck'sches Rechtsanwalts‑​Handbuch, 12th ed., Beck 2022, p. 323 ff; in: Krenzler/​Herrmann/​Niestedt (eds.), EU‑​Außenwirtschafs- und Zollrecht, Beck. Loose‑​leaf 2022, Dual‑​Use‑​Verordnung (to appear).

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Languages

German, English, Persian